Commentary, feature writing and short stories from a 'damn-near' 40 year-old hip hopper.

Thursday, May 04, 2006

Ya Could've Won Kid

Paris Bennett was kicked off of American Idol last night, while I was sad to see her go, I was not surprised.Paris is an awesome singer I believe the full potential of her talent will be realized someday but as a performer she doesn't have it right now. I remember being blown away by her during the audition phase. She was incredible. But when it came down to the performances, I sat there watching her saying to myself "Where did all the magic go?"For me her best performance was the Stevie Wonder night - she got down. Tuesday night she sang a Mary J Blige song and it was really good, but that first song she did "Kiss" by Prince was horrible.Best of luck in the future kid you'll be okay.